Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Project Manager
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Project Manager daily rate in Belfast is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 26 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 13 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 6.31% 2.53% 7.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.07% 2.82% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £443 - £433
25th Percentile £469 £513 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +13.51% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £516
90th Percentile £620 - £566
County Antrim median daily rate £525 £525 £463
% change year-on-year - +13.51% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.52 - -
Median hourly rate £27.54 - -
75th Percentile £27.57 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £27.54 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 184 142 132
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.32% 89.87% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 76 69
10th Percentile £251 £149 £158
25th Percentile £325 £186 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.73% +3.13% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £500
90th Percentile £636 £619 £590
County Antrim median daily rate £488 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +18.18% +3.13% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 7
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £22.68 £12.15
Median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +79.64% +29.92%
75th Percentile £18.44 - £13.91
90th Percentile £24.81 - £15.55
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £13.69
% change year-on-year -35.90% +76.69% +24.69%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Belfast

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Belfast

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Belfast over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Belfast

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Belfast

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Belfast region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (76.92%) Finance
3 8 (61.54%) Project Management
4 5 (38.46%) Change Management
5 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
6 3 (23.08%) Banking
6 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Change
6 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
7 2 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
7 2 (15.38%) Internal Audit
7 2 (15.38%) Target Operating Model
7 2 (15.38%) Fixed Income
7 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
7 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (15.38%) PMP
7 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
7 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
8 1 (7.69%) Degree
8 1 (7.69%) JIRA
8 1 (7.69%) QA
8 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk
8 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (7.69%) Test Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (76.92%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Banking
4 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.69%) Front Office
5 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Fixed Income
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Equities
2 1 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Reference Data
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Change Management
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (15.38%) Internal Audit
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Target Operating Model
6 1 (7.69%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 1 (7.69%) Business Transformation
6 1 (7.69%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data Transformation
6 1 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SAFe Agilist
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) PMO
1 1 (7.69%) QA